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Mimosa adstringens

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Name

Identification
Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd.ex Del. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Mimosa adstringens Schumach. and Thonn. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Acacia adstringens Not on sheet [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Acacia adstringens
  • Mimosa adstringens
  • Acacia nilotica

Flora

Entry for Acacia nilotica var. adansonii & Perr.) O. Ktze [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Acacia nilotica var. adansonii & Perr.) O. Ktze [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE],  Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 156 (1891).
Acacia adansonii Guill. & Perr. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1832)
Acacia arabica var. adansonii (Guill. & Perr.) A. Chev. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], Bot244 (1920)
Mimosa adstringens Schum.& Thonn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1827)
Acacia adstringens (Schum. & Thonn.) Berhaut [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1954), not of Mart(1823), nor of ACunnex GDon (1832)
Acacia scorpioides var. adstringens (Schum. & Thonn.) A. Chev. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1927); Aubrévl.c277, t52, 1
Acacia arabica var. adstringens (Schum.& Thonn.) Bak. f. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], l.c3: 849 (1930)
Acacia nilotica var. adstringens (Schum. & Thonn.) Chiov. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1932)
Acacia arabica var. adansoniana Dubard [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], (1913)
Acacia nilotica var. adansoniana (Dubard) A. F. Hill [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], l.c99 (1940)
Acacia arabica [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 362, partly.
Information
Tree, to 50 ft. high; bole dark reddish-brown, deeply fissured; twigs dark reddish-brown, tomentellous; flowers yellow; fruits grey, straight or curved. This is the commonest variety in our area.
Range
Widespread in the northern part of tropical Africa
Distribution
Sen. (spec. without frts., exact identification doubtful) Heudelot 488!Gam. Dawe 16! 68!Fr. Sud. Koubita (fl. & fr. Feb.) Davey 44!Port. G. Bolama (fl. 8. fr. Apr.) Esp. Santo 1920!G. C. Navaro (fr.Togo Kersting 101! Lome Warnecke 323!N. Nig. Sokoto (fl. & fr. Feb.) Lely 809! Katsina (fl. 8 fr. Mar.) Meikle 1352! Nupe Barter 1626! Dunjere N. Bornu Elliott 136!S. Nig. Igbetl (fr. Feb.) Keay FHI 14634!

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